Bureau of Meteorology

Bureau of Meteorology was targeted in a cyber attack which compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government.

The attack compromoised the critical information to a host of agencies, including link to Defence Department.

Apparently China was blamed for the hack and it was said that it would take years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fix.

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-02/china-blamed-for-cyber-attack-on-bureau-of-meteorology/6993278

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bureau-of-meteorology

"id": "bur232381022",
"linkid": "bureau-of-meteorology",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2015",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Meteorology',
                        'location': 'Australia',
                        'name': 'Bureau of Meteorology',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'},
                       {'industry': 'Defence',
                        'location': 'Australia',
                        'name': 'Defence Department',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'high',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['sensitive systems',
                                              'critical information']},
 'description': 'Bureau of Meteorology was targeted in a cyber attack which '
                'compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government. '
                'The attack compromised the critical information to a host of '
                'agencies, including link to Defence Department. Apparently '
                'China was blamed for the hack and it was said that it would '
                'take years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fix.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['sensitive systems', 'critical information'],
            'financial_loss': 'hundreds of millions of dollars',
            'systems_affected': ['Federal Government systems',
                                 'Defence Department']},
 'threat_actor': ['China'],
 'title': 'Bureau of Meteorology Cyber Attack',
 'type': 'Cyber Attack'}